Verl Westergard

American athlete and coach (1921–2001)

Verl WestergardBiographical details

Born| (1921-11-19)November 19, 1921
Belgrade, Minnesota, U.S.
Died| October 4, 2001(2001-10-04) (aged 79)
Seguin, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1939–1942| Gustavus Adolphus
Baseball
1943| Superior Bays
1946| Superior Bays
1947| Waterloo White Hawks
Position(s)| Relief pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1949| Gustavus Adolphus (assistant)
1950–1952| Upsala (line)
1953–1961| Hutchinson HS (MN)
1962–1963| Texas Lutheran
Basketball
1949| Gustavus Adolphus
1959–1972| Texas Lutheran
Baseball
1948–1951| Gustavus Adolphus
Head coaching record
Overall| 10–9 (college football)
109–217 (college basketball)
28–35 (college baseball)

Verl A. "Jiggs" Westergard (November 19, 1921 – October 4, 2001) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.[1] He served the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1949.[2] He later served as a line coach at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey[3] and as a football, basketball and golf coach at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas until his retirement.[4]

## Head coaching record

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### Football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (NAIA independent) (1962–1963)
1962 | Texas Lutheran  | 5–4 |  |  |
1963 | Texas Lutheran  | 5–5 |  |  |
Texas Lutheran: | 10–9 |  |
Total: | 10–9 |

## References

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1. ^ "Verl Westergard". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
2. ^ "Men's BB Records-Coaches". gustavus.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
3. ^ ""Jiggs" Westergard". Seguin Gazette. February 7, 1962. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
4. ^ "Obituaries". Seguin Gazette. October 5, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

## External links

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* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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Texas Lutheran Bulldogs head football coaches

* James Harley (1912–1913)
* Emil Sitz (1914)
* James Harley (1915–1917)
* No team (1918–1920)
* Edgar Hennig (1921)
* No team (1922)
* Alvin J. Briesemeister (1923–1925)
* Jack Doerfler (1926–1929)
* Fred Weston (1930–1931)
* Jack Doerfler (1932)
* No team (1933–1936)
* George Kieffer (1937–1940)
* No team (1941–1945)
* Fritz Lehnhoff (1946–1949)
* George Kieffer (1950–1952)
* John J. Kramer (1953–1958)
* Jim Malmquist (1959–1961)
* Verl Westergard (1962–1963)
* Fred Hightower (1964–1968)
* Carman Bonner (1969–1970)
* Jim Wacker (1971–1975)
* Dan Knight (1976–1980)
* Vernon Fewell (1981–1987)
* No team (1988–1997)
* Bryan Marmion (1998–2001)
* Tom Mueller (2002–2006)
* Dennis Parker (2007–2009)
* Danny Padron (2010–2016)
* Carl Gustafson (2017–2019)
* Ricky Matt (2020–2021)
* Neal LaHue (2022– )

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